- really git ur tkts
i cant think of anything bigger/better
besides it being ramadan & all
but, lookit
if ure in nyc
jersey
conn
philly
near
or can git near
pls git sum tkts
& pls do come


i'll be there
wldnt miss it for nuthin
if u need tkt info
or directions
or whatever
lemme know thru inbox



Friday, October 13

Location: CUNY Graduate Center, Proshansky Auditorium, 365 Fifth Avenue (34th Street)
1:00 - 4:30 pm — Panels


1:00 - 2:30 The Master's Tools: Aesthetics and Poetry of the African Diaspora — Moderated by Farah Griffin, with Elizabeth Alexander, James DeJongh, Yusef Komunyakaa, Greg Tate

1:00 - 2:30 S/HE/IT: The Poetics of Gender — Moderated by Nagueyalti Warren, with Jan Clausen, Nikky Finney, Tyehimba Jess

3:00 - 4:30 Blackness and the Sounds of Other Colors: New Media and African American Poetics — Moderated by Evie Shockley, with Tonya Foster, Duriel Harris, Mendi + Keith Obadike

3:00 - 4:30 The Politics of Poetry — Moderated by Tracie Morris, with Miguel Algarin, Nuar Alsadir, Elena Georgiou, and Erica Hunt

5:00 pm — Founders Day Gala Reception & Silent Auction

Join Cave Canem faculty, fellows and Poetry Prize winners for food, wine and jazz, plus a rare opportunity to bid on treasures donated by Honorary Committee members and friends including Bill T. Jones, Tony Kushner, Sharon Olds and Cornel West.
6:45 pm — Keynote Address by Walter Mosley
7:00 pm — Cave Canem Faculty Reading

With Elizabeth Alexander, Cyrus Cassells, Lucille Clifton, Kwame Dawes, Toi Derricotte, Cornelius Eady, Nikky Finney, Erica Hunt, Harryette Mullen, Marilyn Nelson, Yusef Komunyakaa, Sonia Sanchez, Tim Seibles, Afaa Weaver, and Al Young

i dunno WHAT to do w/ myself
im videotaping it
actually, im HOPING theyre gonna let my blkass videotape
we'll see

hopefully i will get there in time to hear walter mosley speak. it's gonna be close though!

so we can figure out the seating n all
im trying to find my books to try to git em autographed
but, im not lugging all of em

so, im just gonna shoot for yusef
walter
& major

omg!!!

i am so gotdamn excited
i dunno what ima do till friday

wow.
walter mosely.

um...HMMM.

awwww man! it looks so good :( i wish i wasn't so far away. but for folks further south, AWP (associated writing programs) is having their annual conference in atlanta in march. a lot of the ppl mentioned here will be there too.

i dont play games
i have vacation time too

:-D

oooooooooooooh


i wish i could come...

man.

:(

wish I could go....

There is a Saturday reading, also. The names won't be as big, but I'm sure there will be some talent. Plus open bar 6-7pm.

7:00 pm — Cave Canem Fellows Reading (Open to the Public)
Location: LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th Street (Seventh Avenue)
$10 at the door, open bar 6-7pm

i am too

lemme know

On second thought, I might try to make it to this concert: The Juggaknots, OC, C-Rayz Walz, etc.

*The Bowery Poetry Club*
Located at 308 Bowery St. (b/w Houston St.& First St.)
Doors open at 10pm
$15 cover

"More great than song." - Ted Berrigan

http://www.myspace.com/notebook00

you gonna be in NYC? if so, give me a shout. i'm supposed to be linking up with a poet/emcee and a female singer too, and i'm sure they'd dig your production. let me know if i should give them a heads-up.


"More great than song." - Ted Berrigan

http://www.myspace.com/notebook00

pls

wish i could go ...I always missed the good isshh...do up for me girl...k

i cannot tell y'all what an absolute pleasure
& honor
& experience last nite was

to watch sonia sanchez breakdown &cry as she read a poem abt her father
to hear toi derricote pray
to be hugged and warmly rcv'd by yusef komunyaka
sharing a laugh w/ tim seibles in an elevator
having patricia smith wait for my blkass to figure out which one of her books had that poem i NEEDED and then to have her wait
& sign it for me
& give me her email
& tell me anytime...all the time

or mtg roger bonair agard
& him remebering me
& introducing me to his mama
I'M TRYNA TELL Y'ALL

& the list goes on....
nikky finney {thank u trace for putting me on}
elizabeth alexander...so gracious

but, i will never forgit kwame dawes

i will never forgit that triumph of a man
or crying listening to his words
& crying hearing yusef
& crying cuz sonia was crying

& just thinking
there is no other place in the world
for me but in words

& to the wonderful seraph for sharing in the wonderful space that it was w/ me
for FORCING me to picture w/ the greats
& then stomping around tryna find a dunkin donuts
til we did


& quite honestly
sitting there
w/ all that majick
i thought abt
lei & akhir & my lil soulchild
& shida & quincy

cuz i just wanted to orb y'all there
so, u cld be warm
& know it
& have it as ur memory also

i almost called u on the train down,
but i was doing sum rdg for school
& i knew if we started talkin/laffin/rememberin
i might forgit where i was sposed to be going

to have all that power in the room must have been amazing

glad you enjoyed it

hope you can experience more of it :)

and mrs. smith...she really will e-mail you back.


soul.

being in Africa isn't always a perk-riddled sorta thing

:-\

one of my online poet friends amanda johnson will be there and I love her poetry

but i just cant get away

its going to be unbelievable

jealous jealous jealous

soul.